4.29.10
Area politicians, rank and file union workers and others commemorated Workers Memorial Day yesterday in downtown Elyria. They honored workers killed on the job and voiced concern for safety on the job. See the photos here.

4.29.10
Karen Corrill will never forget that October day in 1993 when her husband didn’t came home from the Armco mill in Middletown. And thanks to an annual memorial, neither will the workers at the company that employed him. Read the story.

4.23.10
Workers, politicians and labor leaders worked tirelessly for months to keep Hugo Boss in the Cleveland area. Read the story here.

4.13.10
A news conference at Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 396 celebrated the new partnership between Local 396 and Eastern Gateway Community College and a recent agreement between the union and the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority. Read the entire story here. See the photos.

3.23.10
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a 2005 state law that limited lawsuits against employers by workers hurt on the job. Read more here

3.22.10
Working family activists in Ohio hailed the “courageous” votes cast to pass landmark health care legislation this weekend. Read the full press release

3.17.10
Labor comes out in force to support Issue 2, the Ohio AFL-CIO endorsed ballot initiative to move the Franklin County casino from the Arena District to the West Side. Read the story here

3.15.10
The Warren Local Board of Education approved a labor agreement Monday that would guarantee at least 80 percent of a possible school construction project would use local labor. Read the story here

2.27.10
Over 100 Ohio union members joined 5000-plus activists in Evansville, Indiana to support the workers of Whirlpool as their jobs get ready to move overseas. Read the article here.

2.26.10
Dozens of protesters hit the streets in Columbus and marched to the Ohio Statehouse to bring attention to the jobs crisis here in Ohio and across Amerca. Read the story.

2.3.10
A $700 million renewal of Ohio Third Frontier — the 10-year, $1.6 billion project to re-energize Ohio’s economy by investing in emerging technologies — is on its way to the May 4 ballot, thanks to bipartisan support of a compromise resolution by state Senate and House members on Wednesday. The Ohio AFL-CIO Executive Board endorsed the ballot initiative on Jan. 29, 2010.

2.1.10
With Jennifer Garrison dropping out of the Ohio Secretary of State's race, current Franklin County Clerk of Courts Maryellen O'Shaughnessy has become the top Democratic candidate. Read more here.

1.29.10
The Ohio AFL-CIO Executive Board has moved to endorse the ballot initiative to move the Franklin County Casino from the Arena District to the former Delphi Plant on the west side. Read more.

1.26.10
Click here to read the entire speech from Governor Ted Strickland during his State of the State address.

1.20.10
Need help complying with the Department of Labor OLM Standards? The DOL is holding seminars around the state for Union officers (especially new officers), trustees, auditors, election committee members, office managers, office secretaries, bookkeepers, and interested union members. Participants are eligible for CPE credits as authorized by the Accountancy Board of Ohio. Read more.

12.17.09
USW International President Leo W. Gerard appeared on MSNBC's Ed Schultz Show last night to discuss health insurance reform. Gerard expressed the frustration he and many working families are feeling about the direction of the debate, saying he is, "...angry as hell." See the video here.

12.08.09
Their was a big victory for Ohio Firefighters as House Bill 271 passed the House and will be introduced to the Senate. HB 271 will fix the loophole to give collective bargaining for township firefighters as well as those in municipalities. Click here to read more about this biil sponsored by Dan Stewart (D-Columbus) and Matt Patten (D-Strongsville).

12.04.09
While Columubus leaders look for alternatives to the building of a casino the Arena District, Cincinnati is looking to move full speed ahead. Read more here.

11.20.09
The Ohio AFL-CIO, an early and strong supporter of Issue 3, the successful casino gambling measure, has promised to litigate any attempt by the Ohio Senate Republicans to divert casino licensing fees away from what voters intended when they overwhelmingly passed the issue on November 3. Read more>>

11.04.09
Early support for Issue 3 from Ohio’s labor organizations and an absentee ballot plan that urged early voting for union members were “huge contributing factors in the passage of the constitutional amendment to allow casino gambling in our state,” said Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola. Read more>>

10.14.09
The state’s most powerful labor organization has endorsed Governor Ted Strickland for re-election; Richard Cordray for his first full term as Ohio Attorney General; Kevin Boyce for his first full term as Ohio Treasurer; David Pepper for Ohio Auditor; and Jennifer Garrison for Ohio Secretary of State. Read more>>

9.17.09
Today is a great day at the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention: Delegates just elected a historic ticket. Our new President Richard Trumka will be joined in leadership by two women, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker. Read more.

9.8.09
Fighting back against Republican charges that the Democrat-authored health care reform legislation pending in the House would harm seniors by cutting Medicare, Democrats are now running television ads against Ohio lawmakers. Read more.

9.7.09
It's being called the largest minimum-wage case in the state's history, with 150 workers underpaid by about $408,000. Included in this suit filed by Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray are workers not being paid prevailing wage. Read the story.

8.25.09
Read Paul Krugman's great op-ed piece on the health insurance reform from the New York Times here.

7.15.09
On July 24, Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola will speak at a rally and picnic held in Canton to celebrate the Project Labor Agreement signed by city council to ensure local workers are used for new construction or public-improvement projects. Read the article here.

7.1.09
Energy legislation is moving through Congress and you can have a voice with Policy Matters Ohio and learn what the national AFL-CIO is saying. Click here for more information.

6.26.09
Seven buses left from different times of the day and from all over Ohio to converge in the nation’s capital to join over 10,000 other Americans who want real healthcare reform. Read the story.

6.3.09
As an appointee by Governor Strickland, Ohio AFL-CIO Chief of Staff Tim Burga is representing the Ohio AFL-CIO on the MGA New Energy Economy Advisory Group. Read more here.

6.3.09
Continuing his commitment to help Ohioans during this economic crisis, President Obama dispatched Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to Northwest Ohio. Read more here.

6.2.09
The Ohio AFL-CIO has endorsed Rich Trumka for the president of the National AFL-CIO. The state federation represents more than 40 national unions in Ohio with 700,000 members throughout the state. It made the endorsement at its executive board meeting on May 29. Read more here.